Práctica Estadística

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Práctica #1

1. The following table gives the examination grades for 120 students.

Grade Number of students Cumulative frequency


1 9 9
2 25 34
3 35 p
4 q 109
5 11 120

(a) Find the value of

(i) p;

(ii) q. (4)

(b) Find the mean grade. (2)

(c) Write down the standard deviation. (1)


(Total 7 marks)

2. The following diagram is a box and whisker plot for a set of data.

The interquartile range is 20 and the range is 40.

(a) Write down the median value.


(1)

(b) Find the value of

(i) a;

(ii) b.
(4)
(Total 5 marks)

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3. The following is a cumulative frequency diagram for the time t, in minutes, taken by 80 students to
complete a task.

(a) Write down the median. (1)

(b) Find the interquartile range. (3)

(c) Complete the frequency table below.

Time Number of
(minutes) students
0 ≤ t < 10 5
10 ≤ t < 20
20 ≤ t < 30 20
30 ≤ t < 40 24
40 ≤ t < 50
50 ≤ t < 60 6
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

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4. The histogram below represents the ages of 270 people in a village.

(a) Use the histogram to complete the table below.

Mid-interval
Age range Frequency
value

0  age  20 40 10

20 ≤ age  40

40 ≤ age  60

60 ≤ age  80

80 ≤ age ≤100
(2)

(b) Hence, calculate an estimate of the mean age.


(4)
(Total 6 marks)

5. Consider the four numbers a, b, c, d with a  b  c ≤ d, where a, b, c, d  .


The mean of the four numbers is 4.
The mode is 3.
The median is 3.
The range is 6.

Find the value of a, of b, of c and of d.


(Total 6 marks)

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6. A taxi company has 200 taxi cabs. The cumulative frequency curve below shows the fares in dollars ($)
taken by the cabs on a particular morning.

200

180

160

140

120
Number of cabs

100

80

60

40

20

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Fares ($)

(a) Use the curve to estimate

(i) the median fare;

(ii) the number of cabs in which the fare taken is $35 or less. (2)

The company charges 55 cents per kilometre for distance travelled. There are no other charges. Use the
curve to answer the following.

(b) On that morning, 40% of the cabs travel less than a km. Find the value of a. (4)

(c) What percentage of the cabs travel more than 90 km on that morning? (4)
(Total 10 marks)
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